Re: [CR] Campi/no-name brake washers

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Subject: Re: [CR] Campi/no-name brake washers
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 17:28:59 -0800
From: donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca>


About six months ago I bought two brake washers from CarltonFlyer in the blue & white bags, CarltonFlyer is David Marsh of the U.K., ex-Carlton, and they are the real deal, no writing, they match all my NR brakes. There are probably several versions. I also have some dia-compes for comparison.

Would you please post some pictures for verification? My washers do not say "Campagnolo" but neither do my 2 original brakesets.

- Don Gillies San Diego, CA, USA

P.S. I had a similar run-in with a VERY reputable seller, wwcyclery (who now uses a new name on ebay) about 18 months ago, concerning Campagnolo M5 toe-clip bolts.

They did not come in official campy packages, but he assured me they were "last run" of Campagnolo and they certainly are chromed and _almost_ (but not quite) identical to my other toe-clip bolts, certainly within tolerances when I look at other campy items in my garage, so I agreed they were correct and I apologized. I think that Campagnolo supplied some late-run spare parts WITHOUT the cool little world-logo baggies...